Will - When the validity of a Will is to be determined, the overall terms of a Will, the intention of the testator and the surrounding circumstances have also to be seen. Mere exclusion of the natural heirs from the property of the testator, by itself, cannot…

Legislation- Transitional provision - The function of a transitional provision is to make special provision for the application of legislation to the circumstances which exist at the time when the legislation comes into force . One feature of atransitional…

Criminal Trial - In the cases of circumstantial evidence when the chain of circumstances have been adequately proved to link to the culpability of the accused, motive is irrelevant. (Para 23) [Context: SC dismissed appeal of husband–accused against his conviction…

Practice and Procedure- Undertakings given by State Authorities- Constantly giving undertakings before a constitutional Court and thereafter resiling from them does not comport with the standards expected of a model employer. An undertaking recorded by a…

Constitution of India - Article 235 - The Registrar General of the High Court has absolutely no authority either in terms of the constitutional scheme or the statutory rules governing the service conditions of the judicial officers, to suo-moto initiate disciplinary…

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 506 - The act of video-recording the victim in a naked state while she was taking a bath and the threat to upload it on digital social media can be construed to be an act amounting to a threat to impute unchastity within the

Notes On Supreme Court Judgments

Notes On Supreme Court Judgments

Practice and Procedure - High Court refused to decide the matters on merits, citing that the counsel appearing physically was not prepared and the counsel appearing virtually from Delhi was not duly instructed, and also imposed costs of Rs. 10,000 on the…

Criminal Trial - Legal aid to an accused person must not be a mere ritual or a token formality, but a substantive and meaningful exercise that ensures effective assistance of counsel. [Context:SC held that the Madhya Pradesh High Court, in deciding the appellant’s…

Notes On Supreme Court Judgments